US 2018/0120952 A1 · STYLEABLE CUSTOM BUTTON REPEAT

Abstract

The described technology is directed towards a button repeat system that allows different repeat behaviors (e.g., interval times between repeats) to be customized for any view (user interface element) and for any button. A designer specifies an interval set comprising interval times to use in an associated view to repeat a button that is pressed and held. Using global information across views, a button that is pressed and held may continue to repeat as focus changes among views. The repeating may continue without needing to reset to the first interval time of the interval set of each view as focus changes, so that, for example, a rapidly repeating button does not appear to change its repetition rate as focus changes among views.

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Dependent claims

A method performed at least in part on at least one machine, comprising:

associating a first repeat interval set with a first view object, the first repeat interval set comprising at least two intervals associated with the first view object;
associating a second repeat interval set with a second view object, in which the second repeat interval set is different from the first repeat interval set;
obtaining button event data at the first view object, in which the button event data corresponds to a button that is a last button still pressed;
determining an initial repeat interval for the button and a next repeat interval for the button based on the first repeat interval set;
repeating the button at the first view object based upon the initial repeat interval;
and
repeating the button at the first view object based upon the next repeat interval.

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A system comprising:

a global input system;
a plurality of view objects of an application program, the view objects coupled to receive input event data from the global input system, comprising a first view object that receives input event data when that first view object has current focus, including button event data that identifies when a button is pressed, and a second view object that receives input event data when that second view object has current focus, including button event data that identifies when a button is pressed;
the first view object associated with first button repeat logic that handles button event data received from the global input system, including to select first button repeat interval data that is associated with the first view object for the button event data to determine when to repeat a button at the view object that is a last button still pressed, the first button repeat interval data comprising data corresponding to one or more repeat interval times from which the first button repeat logic determines when to repeat the button;
and
the second view object associated with second button repeat logic that handles button event data received from the global input system, including to select second button repeat interval data that is associated with the second view object for the button event data to determine when to repeat a button at the view object that is a last button still pressed, the second button repeat interval data comprising data corresponding to one or more repeat interval times from which the second button repeat logic determines when to repeat the button, including at least one repeat interval time that is different from a corresponding repeat interval time of the first button repeat interval data.

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One or more machine-readable storage media having machine-executable instructions, which when executed perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving first button event data at a view object that identifies a first button as a button still pressed, and outputting an initial first button event at the view object;
selecting a first repeat interval set associated with the view object and associated with the first button;
repeating the first button at the view object based upon repeat data in the first interval set;
receiving second button event data at the view object that identifies a second button as a button still pressed, and outputting an second initial button event at the view object;
selecting a second repeat interval set associated with the view object and associated with the second button, in which the second repeat interval set comprises at least some repeat data that is different from at least some repeat data in the first repeat interval set;
and
repeating the second button at the view object based upon repeat data in the second interval set.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Styleable custom button repeat

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Abstract

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